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Thursday, February 18, 2016

Woe!

"Truth over lies comes out of the mouths of
babes...That is why a child must lead them."

Word

@#$%

@#$%

Guy yells across
campus to the chaplain, "The church is full of hypocrites!"

Chaplain yells
back,"You're right! And there's room for one more!"

The tinkling
match continued: "The church is a crutch!"

Chaplain:
"You're right! And who isn't limping?"

Strangely, I
thought of that encounter as I watched Bernie and Hillary do their photo-op
pandering thing with Al Sharpton.

Al Sharpton?

Hello!

Can you imagine
what BBPBHO, mainline denominations, media, entertainment, education, and too
many churches with folks up front having only a coincidental relationship with
Jesus would say if Ben, Carly, Donald, Jeb, John, Marco, or Ted did a photo-op
pandering thing with David Duke?

Really, it's the
same thing; and if I have to explain that to you, you've probably already
cashed in on your medical weed script.

Warmly, I thought
of our youth group.

They've been
studying the red letters of Jesus.

Dangerous for mainline denominational
children!

Really, if
children get too close to Jesus, they'll probably take the church from them and give it back to Him.

Anyway, after
reading the woes in Matthew 23, they came up with...

@#$%

Youth Group Wisdom

Our Family of Faith on the Corner of Lincoln and Main

aka

First Presbyterian Church

Belvidere, Illinois

Woe to the people who are more
concerned about the appearance of the church rather than the meaning of the
church!

Woe to you who think your physical
appearance is more important than what is inside your heart!

Woe to you who only worship
selectively!

Woe to you who go through the motions
conspicuously!

Woe to you who have ulterior motives!

Woe to you who think you are God and
can judge like Him!

Woe to you who manipulate God's word
for selfish pleasure!

Woe to you who love the Golden Rule
but don't follow it!

Woe to you who love in public but who
maliciously hate behind closed doors!

Woe to you who are too dependent on
the church to solve your problems instead of looking to Christ for the answers!

1 comment:

Scott
said...

Keep up the good work! I praise God that those teens are being grounded in God's Word so they can stay strong in their relationship with Jesus in these challenging times. Truly God's light is shining on the corner of Main and Lincoln.

As part of her Youth Ministry degree, my daughter did an internship for a semester several years ago at a UCC church in Park Ridge and was totally blown away by the fact that the teens she was working with, who had grown up in the church, knew next to nothing about the Bible and very little about the need to have a personal relationship with Jesus. She was also surprised when the Youth Director (someone she had classes with and who had graduated the previous year) did not respond to her requests to continue to volunteer there when her internship was over. She (and I think correctly)surmised that it was because of her evangelical witness. Needless to say it was quite an eye opening experience for her and deepened her appreciation for "by the book" congregations who put Jesus and God's Word at the center of life and ministry.